Indopedia All Things Marijuana
Although President Trump’s Justice Department has yet to give a solid indication over whether it intends to drag the United States back to a time where total prohibition was the law of the land, some of the administration’s recent actions give every indication that the days of legalization are about to start changing – and definitely not for the better.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions emerged from his office waving a new memo that completely destroys a common sense policy set out years ago by former Attorney General Eric Holder. The previous standard called for prosecutors to take it easier on nonviolent drug cases, while the updated strategy urges local hatchet men and women all over the nation to go for the jugular with respect to any situation involving illegal drugs.
“This is a disastrous move that will increase the prison population, exacerbate racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and do nothing to reduce drug use or increase public safety,” Michael Collins, deputy director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, said in a statement. “Sessions is taking the country back to the 1980s by escalating the failed policies…
